Siona e le Nu‘u Lelei
English: Let Zion in Her Beauty RiseFirst line: Siona ē, le nuu lelei / Let Zion in her beauty rise; Her light begins to shine / Let Zion in her beauty rise / Arise, oh Zion
Original language: English
Words: John Adam Granade; Edward Partridge
Music: Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784
Lyrics (Return to top)
Siona e le Nu‘u Lelei
Vi‘iga
(1994, 2016 ed.), 22
1. Siona e le nu‘u lelei, sauni ia oe.O le a toe afio mai o lo oe Tupu fou.E o‘o atu o outou Ma lenei tala ia latou.I lalo nei ia toe lelei e fai ma molimau;E fetaia‘i ma Iesu ma ola ai fa‘avavau.
2. O e ‘a ‘ave le fe‘au ia fa‘avave nei.Tala‘i nei le molimau, ia so‘o fa‘alelei.Ia ta‘u atu ‘e outou E o‘o mai le Tupu fou,Atoa ma le ‘Au Pa‘ia o lo‘o i luga;Oe ‘e ita pea mai ‘e maua faigata.
3. E pogisa fo‘i o le Ia i aso lata mai.A‘o fetu e pa‘u‘u ‘e matata‘u ai.A e pese pea e tumau; E fiafia fa‘avavau;E liua le masina pe ‘a afio mai Iesu;E nofotupu ma i latou o lona nu‘u.
Tune: Ellacombe (by Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784) (Return to top) Tune 41
Tune: Majesty (by Lewis D. Edwards) (Return to top) Tune 1512
Siona e, le Nuu Lelei (Mo Au Faipese)
O Viiga i le Atua (1961, 1965 ed.), 272
Trans.: Kipeni Su‘apa‘ia